LimeWire faces new copyright suit

From CNET News.com: A group of music publishers on Wednesday filed a copyright complaint in federal court against LimeWire's parent company and founder Mark Gorton, according to documents obtained by CNET.

Eight members of the National Music Publishers' Association, including the publishing arms of the four largest recording companies, were named as plaintiffs in the suit. They accuse Lime Group, parent of software maker Lime Wire, and Gorton with "copyright infringement on a massive scale."

The suit comes as LimeWire, the nation's largest file-sharing service, is trying to convince U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood not to shut down the service. The Recording Industry Association of America last month won a major legal victory against Lime Wire when Wood granted it summary judgment and found Lime Wire and Gorton liable for copyright infringement and inducing copyright infringement.

Representatives from Lime Wire were not immediately available for comment.
The music publishers have asked the court to order LimeWire to cease committing copyright violations and have asked for $150,000 in damages for each song that was willfully infringed and $30,000 for any other kinds of infringement.

As in the case with the RIAA, LimeWire users have illegally downloaded hundreds of millions of songs so the damage award the publishers could win is staggering.

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